Corset-busk



A. E. MANN.

00mm: BUSK.

No. 253,310.- Patented May 23, 1882.

UNITED STATES ADELAIDE MANN, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CORSET-BUSK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,310, dated May 23, 1882.

Application filed February 6, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELAIDE E. MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gorset-Busks, which I name the Excelsior Busks, appertaining to fastening and unfastening the same and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, and has for its object to furnish acorset the joint of the busks of which will be smooth and easy to the wearer, and at the same time strong, and which may be readily uncoupled without loosening the corset.

It consists in the combination of the two busks, the one having hooks formed on its edge and the other having its edge turned .back against the main surface thereof, provid ing a loop, and in the end or edge of the loop so formed cutting openings to receive the hooks on the opposite busk, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view, showing the busks coupled. Fig. 2 is a side view of the busk having hooks. Fig. 3 is a side view of the busk having its edge turned back, and Fig. 4 is an edge view of said busk;

and Fig. 5 is a cross-section in line a; w, Fig.1.

In the drawings, A represents the section having the hooks B formed on its edge. This section, it will be understood, represents the front portion of one of the busks.

G is the section representing the front portion of the busk opposite the section A. I turn the front edge of the section 0 under and back, and bring it in underneath and in close contact with the inside surface of said section, so as to leave a sufficient space between the portion turned back and the main portion of the section 0 to receive the hooks on the opposite section,as will be described. The turned-back portion may be soldered to the main portion, as shown at G, Fig. 5, or not, as is desired. The same result would be accomplished if the edge were turned forward and back instead of under, as described.

Inthe edge of the turned-back portion of the busk I cut slots D, corresponding in length and number to the hooks B on section A, and arranged in proper position to be entered by said I space between the turned-back and the main portion of the busk O. The turned-back portion forms a smooth easy surface bearing against body of the wearer, and at the same time it strengthens and stifl'ens the front portion of the busk. When the busks are brought together and connected, as shown in Fig. l, the hooks B are hidden within the space formed on edge of the section 0, and the edges of the sections are held close to each other, so that nothin g can come between them and bear against tops of the hooks B, and the hooks being held in the space between the turned-back and main portion of the section 0 are hidden from sight and cannot be entangled with the clothing, so

as to prevent the ready uncoupling of the sections without unloosin g the clothing of the wearer; also, bymeansot' my coupler the edges of the sections are brought close to each other, and the pinching so common in corsets of ordinary construction is avoided.

When it is desired to uncouple the corset this may be accomplished by the wearer pressing the section A upward till the hooks come opposite the slots D, when they will pass out through said slots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a corset, the busk 0, having its front edge turned back against the main body thereof, providing a space between the turned-back portion and the main body of said husk, and having slots cut through into the said inner space,

and the busk A, having the hooks B extended out from its edge and adapted to enter the slots in busk O, substantially as described.

ADELAIDE E. MANN.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. SANBORN, EDGAR E. MANN. 

